MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agoAmericans have been trained to hate foreigners by Fox News, which is owned by a foreigner.message-squaremessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down112
arrow-up1333arrow-down1message-squareAmericans have been trained to hate foreigners by Fox News, which is owned by a foreigner.MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareFrezik@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up76arrow-down1·9 months agoThis is a very common hypocrisy among first gen US immigrants. I’m a good Irish, not like those dirty ones coming over now; we should keep them out. See also: Ayn Rand
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up23·9 months agoPulling the ladder up behind you is an American tradition!
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 months agoOr “I might be Irish, but at least I’m not an Italian” to not make yourself look better, but to make the others look worse
This is a very common hypocrisy among first gen US immigrants. I’m a good Irish, not like those dirty ones coming over now; we should keep them out.
See also: Ayn Rand
Pulling the ladder up behind you is an American tradition!
Or “I might be Irish, but at least I’m not an Italian” to not make yourself look better, but to make the others look worse